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Sheriff's Office: Main Jail inmate's death apparent suicide

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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent inmate suicide at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail Sunday morning.

Just after 8 a.m., 61-year-old Scott Powers from Santa Barbara jumped from the second floor of a housing unit at the Main Jail Intake and Release Center.

Powers was transported to a nearby hospital but he later died from his injuries.

His death remains under investigation.